Yeah, there were quite a few that weren't in mono. I didn't know the best way to address this since votes were already coming in when I started listening. I just voted for one's that were. It's going to be hard to count this one up.
Haha! I know who you are and I know what you mean. WTF is a hungryman?! Thanks for helping the counters out.
The rule on collab weeks is both parties have to vote for their beat to be counted. I would keep this the same for non-collab week's also, making it a collaborative effort all the way to the finish line. Like Joa said, anyone can vote (5 posts up), the more votes the better. Even if you were disqualified you can still vote.

In the 5 years I've been here, this may have been the 1st battle I've seen where something in the samples (inside) wasn't allowed. We have had plenty of battles where outside drums weren't allowed and the no snare rule, so battlers usually know that anything in the sample(s) is a okay to use. It's best to elaborate as much as you can in the rules, but this was a good battle and a tough week to get folks out of their comfort zone. The same old standard battle rules get boring after a while. Keep 'em coming!

Lots of dark, bass heavy tracks this week. I never want to hear that 1st sample again.
1. RAS-H
2. Brotha_B/
3. PBB/ruedenz
For new heads, old heads returning, or anyone that has 2 names different names (forum/soundcloud), could you please put your soundcloud url in your profile info and/or your soundcloud name in your 'interests'. Something like - aka [soundcloud name]. Reason being, it makes it a lot easier for the mods counting votes to check off whether or not you voted on the current battle. If we are not familiar with both of your names, you might not be listed as 'voted' on the spreadsheet and you must vote to be eligible to win. Many thanks in advance.

Used all the samples. Made 2 beats. Mono. Some mild bit crushing with the ST-224 and VSTs. Used sound effects to make all the percussion. A bullwhip for the kicks and hi hats. A glass jar spinning on ice for a rattle sound. White noise and some layered claps for the no snare. Then some skits and other noises.

Cool, man. Glad you got it working. Same here, I've been using Firefox for 2 decades. Usually a update will fix those problems (or cause them) or if I try a different browser and it works it might just be the site. I know Firefox on mobile loads mobile by default, you have to change it in the options to load the desktop version. I wonder if they changed or updated something with the forum software...